Newark Airport Stabilizing as Flight Limits Take Hold, Duffy Says

Since April, the airport has faced equipment failures, runway construction, and air traffic control shortages, causing delays and cancellations.
Newark Airport Stabilizing as Flight Limits Take Hold, Duffy Says
United Airlines planes at the gate at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., on May 7, 2025. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images
Rudy Blalock
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Newark Liberty International Airport is stabilizing after weeks of chaos, thanks to strict limits on the number of flights allowed to take off and land each hour, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on May 28.

Duffy told a press event that the airport’s operations have improved significantly since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) imposed flight cuts following a series of major disruptions.